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An epic, emotional, breathtaking story of love and loss set amid the Syrian revolution. Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW will sweep you up and never let you go.This brand new paperback edition contains exclusive bonus short story Joy. Set in the world of Lemon Trees, it features never-before-seen moments between Salama and Kenan. _______________ SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DISCOVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 'This is an important book. Everyone should read it' - Elizabeth Laird, award-winning author of Welcome to Nowhere 'Wrenching and lyrical' - Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Internment 'Hauntingly beautiful ... a must read' - Huda Fahmy, author of Huda F Are YouA year ago, before the revolution, Salama watched her brother marry her best friend, Layla, and wondered when her own love story might begin. Now she works at the hospital - helping those she can, closing the eyes of those she can't. Layla and her unborn baby are all Salama has left. Unless you count Khawf. But he's a hallucination; a symptom of the horrors she's seen. Every day he urges Salama to leave. Every day she refuses. Until she crosses paths with Kenan, the boy with the vivid green eyes, who wants to stay and risk his life for everything Syria could be ...
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Classic Crime from the Golden Age, the first in the Albert Campion Series. Margery Allingham is J.K. Rowling's favourite Golden Age author.George Abbershaw is set for a social weekend at Black Dudley manor, hosted by Wyatt Petrie and his elderly uncle Colonel Combe, who enjoys the company of Bright Young Things. With Meggie Oliphant in attendance, George looks forward to the chance of getting closer to the girl he’s set his heart on. But when murder spoils the party, the group soon find out that not only is there a killer in their midst, but the house is under the control of notorious criminals. Trapped and at their mercy, George must find a way to thwart their diabolical plans while getting himself and Meggie out alive.Luckily for Abbershaw, among the guests is Albert Campion – a garrulous and affable party-crasher with a great knack for solving mysteries and interrogating suspects.The Crime at Black Dudley, first published in 1929, is the first novel to introduce Margery Allingham’s amiable and much loved sleuth – Albert Campion.
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PRAISE FOR LOLÁ ÁKÍNMÁDÉ:‘Lolá Ákínmádé crafts sharply written and deeply moving characters, raising brutal questions and steering clear of easy answers.’ Taylor Jenkins Reid'The queen of messy characters!' Onyi Nwabineli'Bitter Honey is an urgent call for empathy, grace and understanding.' Glamour'Ákínmádé is a master at shading the gaps between power and love.' Chika Unigwe'[Bitter Honey] is a real tour de force. Akinmade is a gifted storyteller.' Gary Younge'Ákínmádé hijacks your attention with her beautiful writing and well-drawn characters' HeatThe brilliant second novel from the acclaimed author of In Every Mirror She's Black follows three women as they try to navigate life, love, prejudice and privilege in Stockholm.Yasmiin cannot comprehend what the policeman is saying to her. Her friend in a coma? Attempted suicide? Discovering she’s listed as next of kin, Yasmiin looks to her friend’s past to try and understand her actions, uncovering fresh mysteries at every turn. All the while, her own life seems to be running off course…Kemi seems to have it all: a high-powered job, a beautiful flat, a loving boyfriend. So why doesn't she feel more settled? Unsure whether its homesickness, heartsickness or sick-and-tired-of-the-same-old-sickness, she embarks on a destructive path to try and change things up…Brittany-Rae doesn’t remember the woman she was before she met her husband Jonny. She knows she was an ambitious, confident go-getter, but now she’s faded into Jonny’s domineering shadow. And as she unearths disturbing secrets about her husband, she’s focused on only one thing: her daughter, Maya, and ensuring she is as far away from Jonny as possible…The three women’s lives begin to overlap in the most unexpected of circumstances. Is it possible that the answer to their problems – though it seems impossible – lie in one another’s hands?
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THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDEPRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR'A grand storyteller' - KHALED HOSSEINI'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' - DAILY MAIL'What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time' - COLUM MCCANNNo, we're not lost.The wind knows my name.And yours too.Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht — the night their family loses everything. As her child’s safety seems ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Duran, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita’s mother. Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make, and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers — and never stop dreaming.
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The Financial Times – Best books of 2022: Politics "The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time." The Times A new history of how Putin and his conflicts have inexorably reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine. Written by one of the world’s leading experts on modern Russia, Putin’s Wars is a timely overview of the conflicts into which Russia has plunged since Vladimir Putin became prime minister and then president. From the First and Second Chechen Wars to the military incursion into Georgia, the annexation of Crimea, and the eventual full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Mark Galeotti has created a vivid insight into the inner workings of the Kremlin.Updated for this paperback edition to include both the aborted coup of June 2023 and a clear overview of how and why the Russian military has struggled in Ukraine, this is a thought-provoking history of how Putin and his wars have inexorably shaped Russia in the 21st century.
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Secrets. Glamour. Lies. Your new favourite twisty thriller was written by INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Rebecca HeathA group of old friends. A grieving mother. A lying bride.Adele and Jason are childhood sweethearts. Their wedding day on the sunny Australian coast is a chance to reunite and celebrate with friends and family.But Adele isn’t telling the truth about her relationship. And some of the wedding party – still reeling from a tragic death in the group a decade before – hold secrets of their own.What happened on the jetty all those years ago was an accident, everyone agrees.Or do they?Three families united by a terrible event must survive a deadly wedding in this Australian thriller from the author of The Summer Party and The Dinner Party!Readers love The Wedding Party!'I loved The Wedding Party from the first page. Tension and tragedy twist and turn to an explosive finish' RACHEL WOLF, author of Five Nights'This is my favourite Rebecca Heath yet’ RACHAEL JOHNS'The Wedding Party will thrill readers of Shelley Burr, Dervla McTiernan and Christian White' BOOKS + PUBLISHINGPraise for Rebecca Heath'Deliciously twisted' SHALINI BOLAND'Unputdownable from start to finish' THE AUSTRALIAN'The perfect beach read' THE HERALD SUN'Escapism at its best' WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN'Tense, compelling... a gripping mystery' BETTER READINGSoak up the suspense with these sun-drenched thrillersTHE SUMMER PARTYTHE DINNER PARTYTHE WEDDING PARTYTHE LAST ENCORE
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You bought her house. She wouldn’t leave. Now she’s dead. Moving day…For single mum Emma, buying a home on Haven Way in the affluent suburbs of Acacia Beach should be a triumph. She has the keys, the sold sign is up and all her belongings are in her car ready to move in, but there is a problem – the seller refuses to leave.Emma, however, has nowhere else to go.As assistant to the real-estate agent in charge of the sale, Rhiannon, is tasked with resolving the stand-off – and doing so quickly, if she wants to remain employed. No one can afford this sale to fall through.Home sweet home…Four weeks later, Emma has just put her daughter down for a nap when there’s a knock at the door. The seller is missing and the police have questions.Someone on Haven Way has been talking about what they saw that day, and Emma’s dream home is about to become her worst nightmare.Perfect for fans of destination psychological thrillers like those of Nikki Smith, Sarah Goodwin and Rachel Wolf.Praise for Rebecca Heath:'Pitch perfect!' JO FURNISS‘Unputdownable from start to finish’ THE AUSTRALIAN‘The perfect beach read’ THE HERALD SUN'Escapism at its best’ WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN‘Tense, compelling... a gripping mystery’ BETTER READING
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In Caelthas, dreaming is forbidden. Those who dare are branded corrupt, like the banished Prince of Dreams, and vanish into his Realm of Torment, never to return.Laisa Armata is an artist, a romantic... and a dreamer. For years, she's hidden her vivid, forbidden visions - until the High Arbiter discovers her secret: a sculpted likeness made in her studio of the man who haunts her dreams. He recognizes the face at once. It belongs to Rennon, the cursed Prince himself. Condemned, Laisa is sent into the Realm of Torment on a desperate mission: steal Rennon's diadem, the source of his power, and escape within a single night or lose her body to the dream realm forever.But the realm is as beautiful as it is deadly, and Rennon is nowhere to be found. Instead, Laisa strikes a dangerous bargain with Haunt, a mischievous and alluring phantasm with secrets of his own. As truths unravel, Laisa learns that dreams - and desire - are even more dangerous than she was ever told.With the rich romance of Sarah A. Parker's When the Moon Hatched, the surreal themes of Laini Taylor's Strange the Dreamer - and all the sparkling danger and otherworldly brilliance of Labrynth. This will be a new classic. Don't close your eyes.
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Expertly interweaving political and sports history, The Story of Rugby Union in Communist Romania tells of how rugby flourished in communist Romania and examines why the sport became so integral to Romania's national agenda and ideology. Indeed, organised around the military and the police, rugby became so central to the regime's image that during the dismal 1980s, when ordinary people could barely find enough to eat and were denied basic services, rugby players ate well, trained constantly, and achieved notable international victories. But the military arrangement of the sport would have a direct and unique impact on the fall of the regime. On Christmas day in 1989, violence erupted in Bucharest as civilians rose up against, and overthrew, Nicolae Ceausescu's communist dictatorship. Several prominent Romanian rugby players, including national captain Florica Murariu, died in the fighting. As Brendan Humphreys reveals, these men did not die protecting the repressive regime as so often believed; rather, they were instrumental to the success of the revolution. The first in-depth study of rugby union and politics in communist Romania, this book places the role of sport in democracy and dictatorship in dialogue with its Cold War context and is therefore a vital resource for scholars of the Cold War, as well as historians of sport and of Eastern Europe.
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Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Play"Life of Pi will make you believe in the power of theatre" - The TimesAfter a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a lifeboat — a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a Royal Bengal tiger, and a sixteen year-old boy named Pi. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?Based on one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction – winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over 15million copies worldwide – and featuring breath-taking puppetry and state-of-the-art visuals, Life of Pi is a universally acclaimed, smash hit adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope.Adapted by acclaimed playwright Lolita Chakrabarti, this edition was published to coincide with the Broadway premiere in October 2022.
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Invaluable for experienced sailors as an aide-memoire, as well as for beginners and students, this essential quick-reference guide covers a wide range of topics such as seamarks, buoyage, pilotage, lights, boat handling, anchoring and mooring, ropes and knots, heavy weather sailing, man overboard, grounding, fire aboard, distress signals and VHF radio. This North American edition covers the IALA-B Buoyage System.This guide has been a favorite with skippers around the world for many years, as shown by these reviews:‘A brilliant aide-memoire or instant revision for exams' Kelvin Hughes'An ideal companion above or below decks' Practical Boat Owner‘A handy reference... one of the most comprehensive guides that I have seen' Lifeboat‘A lot of good information... a useful aid to have on board' Gaffers LogThis is the first edition of this popular guide for boaters in the US and Canada.
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Classic Crime from the Golden Age, the second in the Albert Campion Series. Margery Allingham is J.K. Rowling's favourite Golden Age author.Albert Campion is sailing home when he saves the life of fellow passenger, Judge Crowdy Lobbett. Hunted by the notoriously deadly Simister gang, it seems as though the judge’s troubles have followed him from America.Determined to catch the infamous gang leader, Albert bundles the judge, along with his son Marlowe and beautiful daughter Isopel, to the manor at Mystery Mile, where he hopes to lure the villain out into the open. But the safe haven of Mystery Mile is soon invaded by danger, and when people start disappearing, the race to uncover the enigma of their enemy’s true identity becomes ever more urgent. Mystery Mile, first published in 1930, is the second Margery Allingham novel starring eccentric and well-loved amateur sleuth, Albert Campion.
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When a poet, Richard Cadogan, receives an unexpected £50 advance from his publisher for his new poetry book, he decides to go to Oxford for a well deserved holiday. The change of scenery and peace of mind is what he needs to recover his inspiration for writing, but little he suspects that what he envisioned as a leisurely time spent on long walks and visiting friends will turn into a mystery solving adventure full of unexpected and dangerous twists. After an eventful train journey, Cadogan arrives in Oxford late at night only to realise that he has forgotten the exact address of his stay. Relying on a distant memory of the place he boarded in years ago he accidentally enters a toyshop where, to his surprise and fright, he finds the dead body of a women. Before he knows he is knocked out and spends his first night of the holidays locked in the backroom of the shop. When he finally recovers from the concussion the body is gone and the toyshop turned mysteriously into a grocery store, and Cadogan himself is accused of trespassing and stealing food. Luckily for the puzzled poet his old university friend, the professor of literature, Gervase Fen is there ready to plunge into the midst of this mystery. The Moving Toyshop, first published in 1946, is Edmund Crispin’s most famous novel featuring eccentric amateur detective, Gervase Fen.
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'Little Nothings delivers some searing and uncomfortable truths about motherhood and female friendships'Sarah J. Naughton'A true single-sitting read' Alex MarwoodWith friends like these, who needs enemies?Liv Travers never knew real friendship until she met fellow mums Beth and Binnie. The three women become inseparable as they muddle through early parenthood together.Then along comes Ange… Ambitious, wealthy and somehow able to do it all.Under Ange’s guiding presence, the group finds new vigour and fresh aspirations – bigger houses, better schools, dinners at exclusive restaurants. But Liv can’t keep up and is increasingly edged out.When the four families take a three-week trip to a luxurious holiday resort, Liv seizes the opportunity to reclaim her place at the heart of the group, only to discover the true, devastating cost of a friendship with Ange.Set over the course of a single, life-changing trip to a Greek island paradise, Little Nothings is a sly, suspenseful novel about female bonds turned toxic, and the desperate ends one woman will go to keep her friends close – and her enemy closer.
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: HISTORYThe boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots – three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men.'Alluring, gripping, real: an astonishing insight into the lives of three queens' ALICE ROBERTS'Takes us into the hearts and minds of three extraordinary women' AMANDA FOREMAN'Conveys the vitality of the past as few books do. An enviable tour de force' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMBCatherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots lived together at the French court for many years – years that bound them to one another through blood and marriage, alliance and friendship, love and filial piety. When they scattered to different kingdoms, they would learn that to rule was to wage a constant war against the deeply entrenched misogyny of the sixteenth century. A crown could exalt a young woman. Equally, it could destroy her. Young Queens masterfully weaves the personal stories of these three queens into one, revealing their hopes, dreams, desires and regrets at a time when even the most powerful women lived at the mercy of the state.
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'SUPERB' TELEGRAPH'YOU EITHER GOT IT OR YOU DON'T ... WATT ABSOLUTELY HAS' THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH'THE FINAL CHASE SCENE ... IS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE READ' OBSERVER THRILLER OF THE MONTH_______________Only a journalist goes where even the police fear to tread...Casey Benedict, globe-trotting star reporter at London paper The Post, is tenacious, fearless, inventive – and still in recovery after her last major story jeopardised her life, and all of those close to her.Invited to spend the day at the races, she sees a man being hunted across the racecourse. A horrified Casey intervenes to save his life – and in doing so finds herself face to face with her next major investigation. From London to Budapest, from snowy mountain retreats to glitzy Mediterranean coastal resorts, Casey is on a desperate hunt to find the person behind the shadowy organisations responsible and expose them to the public before anyone else’s lives are lost._______________READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE END OF THE GAME:'Her best yet' 'Really has it all, outstanding characters and great suspense' 'Fascinating and exciting' A TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2023 SELECTION
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